Overweight or Obese vs. Healthy Weight:

This map includes weight information collected from students who were in two grade levels: ELEMENTARY or MIDDLE/HIGH. They came from 58 counties in the New York State, while New York City was excluded from the data. The percent of students who were overweight or obese and the percent of students who maintained a healthy weight were selected as indicator variables to represent the student’s weight situation in the corresponding counties. Since data was collected over a 9-years-period, an average of the selected percentages was taken and mapped.
The Average Percentage of Students Who were Overweight or Obese across 9 years and 58 New York counties were mapped in red. The darker the red color, the larger percentage of overweight or obese students can be found in the county. The Average Percentage of Students Who Maintained Healthy Weight were mapped in blue, where the darker the blue color, the larger percentage of students in the county maintained a healthy weight.


Overall, on average, there were higher percentage of students who maintained a healthy weight across the 58counties, and the two maps echo each other nicely. However, there are a few exceptions. Take HAMILTON as an example, it is colored as deep red and deep blue at the same time, which means it not only exhibits high average percentage of overweight or obesity but also has high average percentage of students with healthy weight.